Somalia will today commemorate the National Youth Day. The country celebrates the 75th anniversary of Somali Youth League ( SYL) the youth political party founded in 1943.
SYL was instrumental in the country’s struggle for independence.
Preparations of ceremonies to mark the day are underway in the capital city of Somalia and other major cities in the country.
Government officials, Young groups, Women, singers and activities are expected to come out in large number to commemorate the day.
The governor of Banadir region and mayor Mogadishu Abdirhman Yarisow sent congratulations to Somali people especially Somali youth on this important occasion.
On this fateful day of 15 May reflects 1943, when 13 young men with big dreams came together in a club in Mogadishu to establish the SYL in order to emancipate Somali nation from the yoke of colonialism and as a result went down on the golden pages of history as liberators, warriors and founding fathers of motherland.
Somalia assigned 15th of May for the day to celebrate and remember the good old days when Somali youth were the leaders of the society.
What Somalis frequently hear is songs and poems to keep alive the psychological nationalistic fervour and the unforgettable legacy left behind by the thirteen young heroes of SYL.
75 years down the line, the unemployment rate for youth in Somalia is one of the highest in the world at 67%, according to UN.
The high unemployment rate is a considerable loss of youth development potentiality that not only threatens economic progress but also increases the risk of social unrest, violence and crime.
This left the young people hopeless and fell easy prey for predatory of different groups including human traffickers, Al-Shabab, clan militias.
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